St Georges, Somerset

St Georges
St Georges
	St Georges from the air
	St Georges Location within Somerset
Population	3,379 (2011)
OS grid reference	ST374632
Unitary authority	North Somerset;
Ceremonial county	Somerset;
Region	South West;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	Weston-super-Mare
Postcode district	BS22
Dialling code	01934
Police	Avon and Somerset
Fire	Avon
Ambulance	South Western
UK Parliament	Weston-super-Mare;
	List of places UK England Somerset 51°21′52″N 2°54′01″W / 51.3645°N 2.9002°W

St Georges is a civil parish and village in the unitary authority of North Somerset, England. Its population in the 2011 census was 3,379.^[1]

The parish is a 20th century creation, the area having previously been part of the parish of Banwell.

Governance

The parish is in the ward of Banwell & Winscombe within the unitary authority of North Somerset which was created in 1996, as established by the Local Government Act 1992. It provides a single tier of local government with responsibility for almost all local government functions within their area. Fire, police and ambulance services are provided jointly with other authorities through the Avon Fire and Rescue Service, Avon and Somerset Constabulary and the South Western Ambulance Service.

North Somerset's area covers part of the ceremonial county of Somerset but it is administered independently of the non-metropolitan county. Its administrative headquarters are in the town hall in Weston-super-Mare. Between 1 April 1974 and 1 April 1996, it was the Woodspring district of the county of Avon.^[2] Before 1974 the parish was part of the Axbridge Rural District.^[3]

The village is close to junction 21 of the M5 motorway.

A railway station at St Georges was opened by the Bristol and Exeter Railway on 14 June 1841. It was initially named Banwell, but was renamed Worle when a new Sandford and Banwell railway station was opened on the Cheddar Valley Railway on 3 August 1869. A Worle Station was opened on the new Weston Loop Line on 1 March 1884, after which the station was renamed Puxton. Following the closure of Worle, the station at St Georges became "Puxton and Worle" on 2 January 1922. It closed on 6 April 1964. The Worle railway station opened 24 September 1990 a short distance from the village.

^ ^a ^b "2011 Census Profile". North Somerset Council. Archived from the original (Excel) on 4 January 2014. Retrieved 4 January 2014.
^ "The Avon (Structural Change) Order 1995". HMSO. Archived from the original on 30 January 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2007.
^ "Axbridge RD". A vision of Britain Through Time. University of Portsmouth. Retrieved 4 January 2014.